A Game of Tric Trac
A popular pastime, tric-trac (as backgammon was known at the time) was also a form of gambling, which–like drinking and smoking–was associated with the vice of idleness. Here the woman holds a glass of wine in one hand and offers a pipe to her opponent, who looks out at the viewer with a knowing smile that suggests the two are also playing another, bawdier game.
Diego Velazquez
1641
Simon Vouet
1627
